Turbo Grafx-16 Archives – Page 10 of 14

May 3, 2019 No Responses

Kaizō Choujin Shubibinman

Developer: Winds Publisher: NCS Release: 03/18/89 Genre: Platformer I’ve always been interested in the Shubibinman series since seeing import screenshots in EGM. The early days of the Turbo Grafx had a lot of promise before reality came crushing down and...

April 17, 2019 one Response

Renny Blaster

Developer: J-Force Publisher: NEC Release: 06/23/95 Genre: Action It is not easy being a fan of a failing system. By 1993 I knew it was over for the Turbo Grafx-16 even in spite of the Turbo Duo’s release. But some...

March 13, 2019 No Responses

Riot Zone

Developer: Hudson Soft Publisher: TTI Release: 1993 Genre: Beat em up Next to shooters and platformers no other genre was as oversaturated in the 90s as the side-scrolling beat em up. Once Final Fight ignited the genre every...

February 11, 2019 one Response

Image Fight

Developer: Irem Publisher: Irem Release: 07/27/90 Genre: Shooter Image Fight was a shooter that I did not have a high opinion of. My only prior exposure to the game came from the lackluster NES port which sadly lacked what made...

January 25, 2019 No Responses

Aero Blasters

Developer: Inter State Publisher: NEC Release: 01/91 Genre: Shooter Aero Blasters was one of the first Turbo Grafx-16 games I ever played. After the disappointment of Keith Courage it helped to give me a favorable impression of...

January 16, 2019 No Responses

Bloody Wolf

Developer: Data East Publisher: NEC Release: 1989 Genre: Action There are many things I appreciate about the Turbo Grafx-16 library. As a shooter fan there was an embarrassment of riches. Some might even say there were too...

December 21, 2018 one Response

Salamander

Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Release: 12/06/91 Genre: Shooter Life Force, alongside Gradius, was one of the defining shooters of my childhood. It was one of the first vertical (yes, I know it switches) shooters I had ever played which...

December 12, 2018 No Responses

Vigilante

Developer: Irem Publisher: NEC Release: 1989 Genre: Beat em up Irem’s Kung-Fu had a tremendous impact on me growing up. The NES port available at the system’s launch taught me a lot about game design without me realizing it....

November 14, 2018 No Responses

Override

Developer: Sting Publisher: Data East Release: 01/08/91 Genre: Shooter Data East and shooters are not three words that go together. While they developed a plethora of awesome top down shooters the traditional shmup from their stable was rare....

October 31, 2018 2 Responses

Blazing Lazers

Developer: Compile Publisher: NEC Release: 11/89 Genre: Shooter I was not impressed by the Turbo Grafx initially. It did not help that I got the system in 1992, when the price had dropped to $50. By then the SNES...

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